diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 82123ff3e1dd744db3d766769fafd53d2e133a32..e8717de3bab34f16f551004048fd91a4c6029cb1 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ static void befs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
 {
 	befs_inode_info *befs_ino = BEFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 	if (befs_ino->i_flags & BEFS_LONG_SYMLINK) {
-		char *p = nd_get_link(nd);
-		if (!IS_ERR(p))
-			kfree(p);
+		char *link = nd_get_link(nd);
+		if (!IS_ERR(link))
+			kfree(link);
 	}
 }